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WhatsApp working on customizable emoji reaction sets on iOS (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-14 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, ios, emoji

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Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-14 | by Jennifer Mckiernan | tags: count binface, clacton, theresa may

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Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-14 | by Anna Heim | tags: nvidia, amd, gpu

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This U.S. university just launched a major in content creation, as critics question the ‘influencer’ degree (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: asu, content creation, walter cronkite

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Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out (krebsonsecurity.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: decryptads, adtech, infoblox

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5 Weird Tricks for Having a Brain (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Luke Larsen | tags: octopus, brain organoid, inference engines

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The US will let private security firms hack overseas cybercriminals for the first time (techspot.com)

2026-08-14 | by Rob Thubron | tags: private security firms, homeland security task force, cybercriminal infrastructure

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WhatsApp is working on chat themes with animated wallpapers (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-13 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, wabetainfo, ios

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The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: instagram, adam mosseri, logo

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Remember the Publisher That Put Fake Writers in Sports Illustrated? It Just Rebranded as an AI Company (futurism.com)

2026-08-13 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: sports illustrated, arena group, paradium.ai

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Rare Blink Mini Pan-Tilt Camera deal cuts the price to $27.99 (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: blink mini, amazon, pan-tilt camera

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‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria Is Having a Killer Summer (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: necrotizing fasciitis, flesh-eating bacteria, summer

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The Carbon-Aware Pipeline: Architecting Sustainable DevOps for Smart City Infrastructure (computer.org)

2026-08-13 | tags: smart city, cloud infrastructure, devops

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Memory maker CXMT overtakes Tencent to become China's most valuable company 17 days after its IPO — now worth $524 billion (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-13 | by Luke James | tags: cxmt, tencent, dram

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CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues (wired.com)

2026-08-13 | by Yulia Almazova | tags: cbp, homeland security, facial recognition

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Will the mRNA flu shot work better than a regular seasonal one? What the science says (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-13 | by Shenai | tags: mrna vaccine, moderna, mflusiva

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WhatsApp starts rolling out username support when creating new contacts (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-12 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: whatsapp, usernames, wabetainfo

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Toddler's tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: amoeba, brain infection, washington state

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Trump sued over "brazen" scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: truth social, truth api, trump

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US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: us department of agriculture, customs and border protection, screwworm infestations

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I Sell a Sustainable Product I Believe in, But My Industry Is Misleading Consumers. Here’s the Truth. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Vishal Vivek | tags: bioplastics, composting infrastructure, plastic pollution

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A ‘Super’ El Niño Could Push the Amazon Toward a Tipping Point, Scientists Warn (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: el niño, amazon rainforest, drought

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Inflation eased slightly to 3.4% in July, but energy prices are still high (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: iran war, federal reserve, gas prices

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Ransomware Hits Colombian Justice Ministry Days Before Presidential Transition (darkreading.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ransomware, colombian justice ministry, critical infrastructure

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Chinese tech giant Tencent sees spending surge, defends potential 'superior' AI returns (cnbc.com)

2026-08-12 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: tencent, wechat, china

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Verizon is so fed up with cable vandals, it’s putting a $25,000 bounty on them (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: verizon, fiber cables, android authority

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A Candidate Named ‘Count Binface’ Is the Most Normal Part of This Pivotal UK Election (wired.com)

2026-08-12 | by Isabella Ward | tags: count binface, uk election, nigel farage

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Infrastructure and compute: Enterprises are buying AI compute for speed while flying blind on what it costs (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: openai, google gemini, microsoft azure

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Heterogeneous climatic controls on tropical-forest biomass (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Nunes | tags: amazon rainforest, tropical forests, biomass density

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Species intraspecific variation drives tropical forest drought resistance (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-12 | by Smith-Martin | tags: amazon rainforest, el niño drought, hydraulic traits